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Originally Posted by RI Swamp Yankee
"...Now I think our feeder has gone up too late."
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My latest
Science News magazine shows hummingbirds are doing just fine on bugs.
I'd known that they fed their nestlings on bugs, but this article shows hummingbirds snapping fruit flies (black flies?) out of the air for protein needed for migration and egg-laying.
The pictures show that hummingbirds can flex their lower bill, though there's no joint where it bends. The corners of their mouths (bird lips?) can also flare out to snatch the bug.
